Marc Buoniconti Featured At Chamber Event

Marc Buoniconti was the featured guest at a recent luncheon of the Greater Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

The topic was the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, which his father created after Buoniconti was paralyzed during a college football game in 1985.

His father, linebacker Nick Buoniconti, a member of the Miami Dolphins' No-Name Defense in the early 1970s, was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in August. According to the chamber, Marc Buoniconti gained national recognition when he introduced his father at the induction ceremony.

The luncheon took place at the Hollywood Beach Golf and Country Club.

Western High junior attends D.C. forum

Mary Mangan of Davie recently attended the National Youth Leadership Forum on Defense, Intelligence and Diplomacy in Washington, D.C.

Mangan is a junior at Western High School in Davie and is enrolled in the JROTC program. She joined about 350 other high school juniors and seniors from across the country who are interested in a career related to national security and have demonstrated academic achievement.

At the conference, students learned about national security, diplomacy and global defense systems.

Students also visited military installations and agencies such as the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Naval Academy, the War Gaming and Simulation Center and the National Infrastructure Protection Center.

Aventura Hospital CEO chosen for magazine board

Davide M. Carbone recently was selected to serve on the Healthcare Executive Editorial Board by the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Carbone is CEO of Aventura Hospital and Medical Center.

The board helps develop themes and topics for feature articles and columns in Healthcare Executive, a magazine for health-care leaders published by the American College of Healthcare Executives.